MATT Clarke today issued a 'come and get me' message to Bolton Wanderers.

And it may be too tempting for Sam Allardyce to refuse.

The Bradford keeper performed a dramatic U-turn by snubbing a loan move to Fulham to leave the way open for Wanderers to get their man.

Clarke looked certain to join London's megabucks Premiership new boys at the weekend. He agreed to the move last week and Yorkshire sources believed the switch had actually taken place over the weekend.

But Clarke was taking his time and decided on Monday that yet another loan deal was not in his best interests.

The 27-year-old was back training with Bradford yesterday hoping his long term future will be sorted out soon. Where that will be is still up in the air but thing that's certain is he wants no more loans.

His decision to backtrack on his decision to join Fulham could be just what the doctor ordered for Allardyce.

He wants Clarke and Clarke wants to come. The problem is the fee with Bradford holding out for £1.5m and Wanderers only wanting to pay a third of that.

Clarke got the Reebok bug when he recovered from a slow start during an extended Wanderers loan to emerge as a key figure in the promotion success. He was a giant in the Millennium Stadium Play-Off Final and desperately wanted to follow it up with a permanent move to Bolton.

His employer's high asking price and Wanderers' tight purse strings put paid to that happening right away but there is still time for the two parties to compromise.

Wanderers certainly could find themselves in dire need of a keeper if they do not act soon. They have lost three senior keepers in the summer in the shape of Clarke, Tommy Wright and Matt Glennon and have gained one in the return to fitness of Jussi Jaaskelainen.

Jaaskelainen apart, the only other senior keeper on the books is Steve Banks. Allardyce says he would be happy to go into the Premiership with Jaaskelainen and Banks so long as the two stay fit but concedes that if Jaaskelained suffers a setback in his recovery programme the need to strengthen the department will be a priority.